You bet. I mean, "nope," a claymore is not always a two-hander.

Yep again. I think that I may actually have been partially responsible for the creation of BABBling on the old BABB forum... I went a bit too far off topic, and the BA graciously created a new section. Sorry about that. See, Humphrey and I were playing blackjack one night...

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Oh pshaw! I'm one of the biggest offenders in that department. I'm surprised I've never got a nastygram from any of the mods for it.

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oops you snuck one in between me and Musashi, Canuck

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"The beauty of that discussion of averages is that you don't have to be an expert in Apollo or in photography in order to see where this time study "analysis" breaks down. You just have to be, well...not an idiot." -JayUtah

What can I say? I'm quick like that.

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Why chase him all the way? That's certainly a funny story, but if I were the guy, I would have backtracked back to my house past the first block.

The main reason why would be if there were any secondary burglars that were around that I didn't see...

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." -- Thomas Paine

Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Heinlein

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -- Isaac Asimov

Ah, brings back memories. Never happened to me, I was a good boy in that arena. But I had a close friend that got the large-chunk-of-very-heavy-guage-chain-across-the-hood-of-his-car treatment. It was a very pretty car too; 2-year old red Camaro, 1970 or 71.

They ended up getting married (the friend and daughter, not the friend and father) for a few years, then divorced, then I lost track of them after a couple moves. Hope they at least provided their child a good start.

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Remember the Far Side cartoon "When Mayonaise Goes Bad"

Guy opens the fridge door and the mayo is holding the other condiments at gunpoint.

In my book it would be some lime spiked jalepeno salsa force feeding itself to the mayo, sending it into shock; right after blowing the sweet relish to smithereens.

But then I'm strictly a dill guy when it comes to pickle relish.

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Which topic is it we are supposed to stay on?

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Anything violent goes.

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To the regular visitor of internet bulletin boards it is clear that it's an excellent idea your parents get to choose your real name.

Sometimes the old-fashioned approach to dealing with potential violence still works.

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At one time they were a football team. Was that one of the remaining two?

BTW, it appears a variation of the Claymores logo was co-opted by the Tennessee Titans.

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Either 230 gr XTP +P or 3" 00,either works fine for me.

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"An armed man is a citizen
An unarmed man is a subject"

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Heh, I'd call that ground for justifiable vehicular manslaughter. Even if he backed up twice to make sure.

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I'm not completely heartless, the doctor who removed it told me he'd never be able to get it all.

Yeah, but I don't think he would've gotten the chick at the end of that story if he did that.

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." -- Thomas Paine

Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Heinlein

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -- Isaac Asimov

In this case, I mean the two-handed sword.

Shame, can you imagine him chasing the guy down the road with one of these

Of course one does have to wonder about how intelligent the US Army thinks their soldiers are when they have to put that warning on it....

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Howling from the Shadows

It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. --- JayUtah

You can't reason an irrational person out of an irrational belief. --- Noclevername

Apollo: The History and the Hoax
Enter the World of Athran

I dunno, I don't see much of a problem there. I interpret it more as "FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY (AS IN, NOT THE BACK)." Knowing which end to put facing the ground and which end to put facing the enemy would be nice.

Now, if it said, "WARNING: THIS THING GOES BOOM AND IS AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE; OBEY CAUTIONARY PROCEDURES", I'd be a bit more worried.

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"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." -- Thomas Paine

Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Heinlein

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -- Isaac Asimov

GRRRRRR


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There was a comedian who talked about the dumbing down (in terms of lowered entry requirements) of the US military and the increasing complexity of the weapons.

He speculated about some "nucular" silo operator who got hungry, pressed the lunch button, then spent the rest of the afternoon trying to remember where he might have misplaced the missile.

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[Dr. Horrible]___________________________[Penny]
Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around

You would have had to meet him. He was one large, armed, and very seriously intentioned father. His very presence demanded serious respect.

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